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Sabin Dima (Founder & CEO) Sabin has 15 years of experience as a tech entrepreneur, ex-investment. From the age of 16, he developed one of the first social platforms in the Middle East. At the age of 21, Sabin set up one of the first investment funds in the technology area in Romania, together with two other partners. Afterward, he continued to found and invest in technology companies, developing dozens of applications and building, among others, a start-up which offers marketing solutions for shopping centers, being used by over 400 retailers. Sabin launched Humans.ai in 2019, together with a team he has been working with closely for over 5 years.

Prof. Nicu Sebe (Head of AI) Niculae has 20 years of experience in Machine Learning, currently serving as ML director at Trento University. At Humans.ai, Niculae oversees building the AI Advisory Board, using the expertise of the advisory board members to make us identify the main research/entrepreneurial area to concentrate on. Using their notoriety helps us reach out to excellent research groups that can be part of the research ecosystem. This will substantially increase our reputation. Niculae is also building up a competitive and flexible team that should have not only the capability to develop and come up with novel ideas, but at the same time is able to integrate tools developed by others. He is responsible for identifying potential team leaders/directors that would be in charge of having close contacts with the researchers, developers, and integrators. Moreover, Niculae manages the AI development launch, creating an environment that can seamlessly "translate" to and from different modalities, e.g., text, audio/speech, image, video. Finally, Niculae creates modules that can easily be combined and replaced according to the application and user requirements.

Lucian Nicolescu (Head of User Product) Has over 20 years of experience in developing web based solutions, backend architecture and managing technical aspects of organisations with an eye out for identifying innovative ways of getting things done. In charge of backend development along with the team of developers, APIs communication between services and clients.

Razvan Munteanu (Head Of Strategy) When it comes to tech-entrepreneurship, Răzvan Munteanu is a genuine visionary 2.0 and a true flag-bearer for the industry. His wide experience in capital investing spreads over a more than 25 years’ timeframe. He was the first businessman in Romania to see the potential of blockchain and cryptocurrencies and to invest big in this huge fast scalable market. Having a keen eye on spotting good projects he was amongst the first to foresee and contribute to Elrond`s success. A champion of progress through novelty, who stands up and supports innovative ideas, regardless of the industry, but mainly in the field of tech. When Humans.ai was brought to his attention, he immediately saw the prodigious potential behind the project and became not only its first investor and a cofounder, but also in charge of business development and strategic planning.

Vali Malinoiu (Head of Blockchain & Infrastructure) Creator at heart, Vali has over 10 years of experience building distributed systems and bleeding edge infrastructure products. A tech entrepreneur with a strong focus on building great teams, product management and product security. Present in the blockchain scene from early on, he has built and managed products and teams in many successful companies. His passion is to find innovative solutions in the tech industry by making creators' lives easier. You'll find him researching and speaking about innovation and security in the technology space at conferences such as OWASP or TedX.

Florin Otto (Head of Crypto) 10 years of experience in product management and blockchain. Blockchain and crypto enthusiast, experienced tech entrepreneur, and product executive with deep knowledge in building and managing multiple products across different companies and diverse teams. Deeply passionate about building products that make people’s lives better, focused on strategy and designing the way that technology will serve both the businesses and the consumers. Demonstrated success in building and managing blockchain products from ideation to the actual implementation, product launch, and ongoing management. Part of the Humans.ai founding team, leveraging previous experience and connections in the field, managing blockchain, crypto & product.

Dragos Costea (Head of Research) Has worked over 10 years in the area of Machine Learning, is a PhD candidate in computer vision aiming to find the best technology mix for video synthesis. This means not only realism, but also fast generation for mass deployment. Dragos is proficient in the following technologies: natural TTS, neural video animation (keypoints, mesh, segmentation), neural radiance fields.